English Literature 4: the Secret Life of Bees Name

English Literature 4: The Secret Life of Bees Name: Literary allusions

Literary allusions are a way that an author will sometimes use imagery from a well known work or well known person to compare that work or person to a situation or person in a story.

The way we use allusions in our everyday lives is often by quoting from a widely known TV show or movie. Some examples might be:

“We are voting you off the island” from “Survivor” “You’re Fired!!” from “The Apprentice” “D’OH” from “The Simpsons” “YEAH baby” for “Austin Powers”

Below are some literary allusions we will encounter in ‘The Secret Life Of Bees’. For each allusion find the information requested.

1. Our Lady of the Chains EITHER find a picture of the statue OR explain the story behind the statue.

2. Gabriel and Mary who are Gabriel and Mary in the Christian Bible?

3. The Fugitive find a picture from the original TV show

4. Honeycomb find a picture of honeycomb

5. Jack Palance find a picture of the actor, Jack Palance

6. The Beatles find a picture or the Beatles OR find the lyrics (words) to one of their songs.

7. Emily Dickenson Find a picture of Emily Dickenson AND find one of her poems and copy one stanza (paragraph) of the poem. 8. $64,000 Question Find out what the $64,000 Question was

9. Bomb Drills find a picture of a bomb drill

10.The Civil Rights Act find out what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was.

11.President Johnson find a picture of President Lyndon Johnson. ALSO find one thing he did while he was president.

12.Go tell It on the Mountain Copy the first stanza of the song

13.Jim Crow what were Jim Crow laws and where did the name Jim Crow come from?

14.Sunbeam Bread find a picture of Sunbeam Bread

15.Shirley Temple find a picture of Shirley Temple

16.Martha White find a picture of Martha White baking supplies.

17.Kruschev Find a picture of Kruschev AND explain who he was

18.Sophia Loren find a picture of Sophia Loren from the 1950’s or 1960’s ALSO who was she?

19.Martin Luther King Jr. Arrested find a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. ALSO who was he and why was he arrested?

20.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening find the poem and copy it here ALSO who wrote the poem?

21.Oh Susannah copy one line of the song here

22.Madonna (NOT THE SINGER) find a picture of the Madonna and Child ALSO what is another name for the Madonna?

23.Charm Bracelet find a picture of a charm bracelet 24.African American Voter Registration find a picture of a black voter registration drive in the 1960’s